What's the eye dropper called to mix (acrylic) paint with water?

[Guest]

I'm in the process of building my first model, and I'm learning a lot,
I don't have the eye dropper kind of tool (see screenshot), which is used to mix water with paint, are there any household items I can use to mix?
Or do I need to buy them and if yes what are they called?

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Thank you.

[Wouter]

usually model shops sell pipettes which you can use for the same purpose

[Guest]

That looks like a syringe from a childs medicine (Calpol). I have plenty of those knocking around, that gives me an idea! :smiling5:

[Guest]

That looks like a syringe from a childs medicine (Calpol). I have plenty of those knocking around, that gives me an idea! :smiling5:

Glad I could help! Haha. I'm going to check out some general stores tomorrow and hope I can find one, I wonder how reusable it will be with acrylic paint?

[Ian M]

I just use a plastic bottle with a drip spout. Failing that you could use a drinking straw.

[Dave Ward]

Bulb Pipette! I got 50 x 3cc graduated plastic pipettes from China delivered for < £1 via Amazon - they're flimsy, but at that price disposable after a few weeks!
Dave

[Gary MacKenzie]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01C6M9J92 << i bought these ( typing just as i saw daves answer appear )

[Tim Marlow]

Third one on 3ml bulb pipettes from Amazon....cheap and effective....and much easier to use than syringes.....

[Dave Ward]

I also got 50 odd clear plastic shot glasses from Amazon - ideal for mixing up paints
Dave

[Gern]

Glad I could help! Haha. I'm going to check out some general stores tomorrow and hope I can find one, I wonder how reusable it will be with acrylic paint?

As long as you don't let the paint dry you'll be fine. I tend to rinse mine out as soon as I've finished using it - ie before I start actually painting.

[Guest]

That looks like a syringe from a childs medicine (Calpol). I have plenty of those knocking around, that gives me an idea! :smiling5:

Haha you're absolutely right! I just googled Calpol and it's exactly that, I might just go ask in a farmacy if they have some spare ones lying around. Good eye!

[Guest]

You can also buy small syringes from hobby shops, I think. I’ve got a 3 ml one (or was it 5 ml?) that I use when thinning paint for airbrushing. (Only thing is that I never look at the markings on it — I just use the syringe to draw up the thinner I use from the bottle, then squirt some into the airbrush paint cup )

[Guest]

You can also buy small syringes from hobby shops, I think. I’ve got a 3 ml one (or was it 5 ml?) that I use when thinning paint for airbrushing. (Only thing is that I never look at the markings on it — I just use the syringe to draw up the thinner I use from the bottle, then squirt some into the airbrush paint cup :smiling3

I bought a syringe from a pharmacy, I'm just wondering, if the Revell aqua paint is to thick, what's another good method of moving the paint from the tube to a mixing plate? Is it okay to use the back of a spoon, for example? And then use the syringe to add water to the mixing plate?

[Guest]

I use the old style glass pipette (eye dropper) with latex/rubber bulb. Really easy to clean if necessary.

[Guest]

I bought a syringe from a pharmacy, I'm just wondering, if the Revell aqua paint is to thick, what's another good method of moving the paint from the tube to a mixing plate? Is it okay to use the back of a spoon, for example? And then use the syringe to add water to the mixing plate?

You are making things far more complicated than they need to be If the paint is too thick, then pick up some paint with your brush from the bottle and put it onto your palette, then pick up water with the same brush and mix it in.

For mixing two or more colours, use your stirring sticks* to transfer paint to the palette instead of a brush, else you’ll end up with bits of paint in bottles it doesn’t belong in.

* You do stir your paint, right? Get a supply of cocktailprikkers (I have no idea what these are called in English and don’t feel like looking it up ) and you’ll be set for life. Well, almost.